Kept you waiting, huh?
March 13, 2017 9:53 AM Subscribe
Drew Scanlon is more than just a pretty face perpetually blinking in surprise at you. He has just cashed in his meme money to launch a new solo project called Cloth Map, a travel documentary series.
Drew Scanlon is an amateur pilot, former cohost of the Alt-F1 podcast and former member of the gaming enthusiast group Giant Bomb, whose most notable achievements have been travelogues from North Korea (the video discussing his trip is behind a paywall), E3, and Iceland as well as playing the 100+ hour Metal Gear Solid franchise with professional idiot Dan Rykert.
Drew Scanlon is an amateur pilot, former cohost of the Alt-F1 podcast and former member of the gaming enthusiast group Giant Bomb, whose most notable achievements have been travelogues from North Korea (the video discussing his trip is behind a paywall), E3, and Iceland as well as playing the 100+ hour Metal Gear Solid franchise with professional idiot Dan Rykert.
I thought that was Tom Brady.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:15 AM on March 13, 2017
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:15 AM on March 13, 2017
oh, that's who that guy is.
posted by AFABulous at 10:21 AM on March 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by AFABulous at 10:21 AM on March 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
TIL that that wasn't Cary Elwes I was seeing.
posted by Vendar at 10:27 AM on March 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Vendar at 10:27 AM on March 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
Drew is handsomer than both Tom Brady and Cary Elwes, it's true. Even handsomer in person.
posted by sixfootaxolotl at 10:29 AM on March 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by sixfootaxolotl at 10:29 AM on March 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
Big fan of Drew's, very excited for this. The Patreon model isn't my favorite, but at this point I guess I don't know what the plausible alternatives would be.
Based on the logo, I was thinking it was a PAX-related project ... maybe that's not the case? I would be glad if that wasn't the case.
posted by penduluum at 10:31 AM on March 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
Based on the logo, I was thinking it was a PAX-related project ... maybe that's not the case? I would be glad if that wasn't the case.
posted by penduluum at 10:31 AM on March 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
I don't think it's PAX-related at all, just a similarity in logo.
posted by sixfootaxolotl at 10:36 AM on March 13, 2017
posted by sixfootaxolotl at 10:36 AM on March 13, 2017
I watched his livestream where he announced it. Nothing to do with PAX.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 11:03 AM on March 13, 2017
posted by EndsOfInvention at 11:03 AM on March 13, 2017
I was gutted when Austin left Giant Bomb, and gutted again when Drew left. I think they both leant a lot of really interesting viewpoints and had a lot of knowledge not shared by other GB crew. It's great to see them both doing exciting new projects though.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 11:05 AM on March 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by EndsOfInvention at 11:05 AM on March 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
I would imagine watching Danny O'Dwyer jump ship and get over 20k a month from his Patreon was pretty tempting. He's got the skills and I look forward to seeing what he produces.
posted by graventy at 11:15 AM on March 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by graventy at 11:15 AM on March 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
Don't yet support anyone on Patreon or Twitch. I have a feeling that it could get out of hand pretty quickly if I started.
I will miss Drew on the Bombcast. He didn't talk much on it (and probably even less when they went live with video), but he definitely had some of the best jokes and a different view of games than the rest of the guys.
Obviously I don't know how they feel about it, but it feels like they would need to hire for two roles now. On camera personality + video production master. He will be hard to replace. And no one has brought this up here yet (except in terms of viewpoints/knowledge), but Giant Bomb is in need of a more diverse staff.
posted by ODiV at 11:28 AM on March 13, 2017
I will miss Drew on the Bombcast. He didn't talk much on it (and probably even less when they went live with video), but he definitely had some of the best jokes and a different view of games than the rest of the guys.
Obviously I don't know how they feel about it, but it feels like they would need to hire for two roles now. On camera personality + video production master. He will be hard to replace. And no one has brought this up here yet (except in terms of viewpoints/knowledge), but Giant Bomb is in need of a more diverse staff.
posted by ODiV at 11:28 AM on March 13, 2017
I'm going to miss Alt +F1, hopefully they work on something else together.
posted by Harpocrates at 11:31 AM on March 13, 2017
posted by Harpocrates at 11:31 AM on March 13, 2017
Alt+F1 will continue, he's said. On the launch stream he was thinking about new names.
posted by sixfootaxolotl at 11:35 AM on March 13, 2017
posted by sixfootaxolotl at 11:35 AM on March 13, 2017
I like Drew but isn't this basically the same as posting an active Kickstarter?
Unclear on the rules of Patreon posting here since they never actually end.
posted by selfnoise at 11:36 AM on March 13, 2017
Unclear on the rules of Patreon posting here since they never actually end.
posted by selfnoise at 11:36 AM on March 13, 2017
Jeff Gerstmann's talked about it a few times and they're very much looking for someone with skills on both sides of a camera, which sounds to me like a tall order. I agree that Giant Bomb could use more diversity, both in kinds of games they talk about and viewpoints. Waypoint has been a huge breath of fresh air in that regard, Austin was great at GB and he's been fantastic at bringing together a diverse crew.
I was a little worried about posting this now, since it's essentially just a patreon page for now, but Drew is such a great guy that I want people to know about what he's done in the past and what he hopes to do in the future. I'm pretty sure I found out about GB via Metafilter, glad there's a lot of love here for duders and former duders alike.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 11:37 AM on March 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
I was a little worried about posting this now, since it's essentially just a patreon page for now, but Drew is such a great guy that I want people to know about what he's done in the past and what he hopes to do in the future. I'm pretty sure I found out about GB via Metafilter, glad there's a lot of love here for duders and former duders alike.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 11:37 AM on March 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
The greatest endorsement I can give Drew is that I listen to and enjoy Alt-F1 despite the fact that I would rather chew glass than watch Formula 1.
This is been a week of reminders that many "gaming influencers" are nasty little fascists. So I hope GB West gets some exciting new staff soon. I need to have a video home to go back to where people are mature and likeable.
Having Jeff on the Beastcast was a little depressing this week as I feel like that podcast is vastly better than the regular bombcast now and I was reminded that Jeff G actually laughs occasionally. Here's hoping he gets some people to talk to soon.
posted by selfnoise at 11:51 AM on March 13, 2017
This is been a week of reminders that many "gaming influencers" are nasty little fascists. So I hope GB West gets some exciting new staff soon. I need to have a video home to go back to where people are mature and likeable.
Having Jeff on the Beastcast was a little depressing this week as I feel like that podcast is vastly better than the regular bombcast now and I was reminded that Jeff G actually laughs occasionally. Here's hoping he gets some people to talk to soon.
posted by selfnoise at 11:51 AM on March 13, 2017
I believe Jeff said on Jartime that they were looking to hire 2 new staff (they never got around to replacing Austin).
posted by EndsOfInvention at 12:10 PM on March 13, 2017
posted by EndsOfInvention at 12:10 PM on March 13, 2017
Vinny and Jeff is such a great combination and it is a shame we don't get it that often any more.
posted by graventy at 12:48 PM on March 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by graventy at 12:48 PM on March 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
Nifty. Waypoint has been putting out great stuff and I've sorted drifted my idle game news/previews over thataway. Do'D's noclip is pretty swell. Giant Bomb's crew does seem depleted, but my irregular tune-ins have all been randomly enjoyable. Looking forward to what the format affords Scanlon.
posted by chainlinkspiral at 1:08 PM on March 13, 2017
posted by chainlinkspiral at 1:08 PM on March 13, 2017
I believe at this point they're looking for 3 new positions. Another video producer for East because they've needed another one there from the start. An editor out West to replace Dan after he went East to replace Austin. And now another video producer position for West.
Based on Jeff's tweets and tumblr, it's a very slow process not helped by CBSi bureaucracy. I don't think they've actually posted the opening for West's video producer yet.
posted by kmz at 1:28 PM on March 13, 2017
Based on Jeff's tweets and tumblr, it's a very slow process not helped by CBSi bureaucracy. I don't think they've actually posted the opening for West's video producer yet.
posted by kmz at 1:28 PM on March 13, 2017
He's already over $10,000 on Patreon. This is gonna be good.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 2:11 PM on March 13, 2017
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 2:11 PM on March 13, 2017
When you launch on Patreon and get over 1,500 patrons and $11k in less than 24 hours.
(The attached GIF is exactly what it had to be.)
posted by kmz at 3:23 PM on March 13, 2017 [3 favorites]
(The attached GIF is exactly what it had to be.)
posted by kmz at 3:23 PM on March 13, 2017 [3 favorites]
Ha. I'd seen the meme, but hadn't realized how big it'd gotten. Damn.
posted by chainlinkspiral at 3:44 PM on March 13, 2017
posted by chainlinkspiral at 3:44 PM on March 13, 2017
Updates so far: Building the studio and examining the gear.
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